I. v. 1. tr. To throw, dash or pull violently, to thrust, toss, fling (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 209, whap; Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), s.v. vapp, 1914 Angus Gl.; Sh., Ork., ne.Sc., Ags. 1973). Also in n.Eng. dial. For 1803 quot. cf. Wap, v.2, 1.
Sc. 1721 RamsayPoems (S.T.S.) I. 225: Frae her fair Finger whop a Ring.Ayr. 1822 H. AinsliePilgrimage 156: I wapped them [trout] out at every throw.Kcb. 1866 Lochmaben Harper in ChildBallads (1956) IV. 21: She's stealing the corn and stealing the hay, And wappin it oer to Wanton Brown.Ork. 1880 DennisonSketch-Bk. 125: He wappid the psalm-beuk i' the bed.Fif. 1882 J. SimsonInverkeithing 73: Instead of running straight out of the close, [he] threw or “wapped” himself from side to side till he twisted himself round the entrance of it.Dmf. 1890 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace 1899) 331: She was in again, wapping a clean linen cover on the table.Abd. 1891 T. MairArn and his Wife 13: He whirled her inside, heels owre heid, An' wappit doon the lid.Ags. 1932 BarrieFarewell Miss J. Logan 21: He wears a plaid in all weathers and sometimes even in the house, for as he says before he has time to wap it off and find it again somebody on a cart horse will be clattering to his door to hurry him to my glen.Sh. 1973 New Shetlander No. 105. 13: Shü süne wappit him [da paeper] fae her.

2. tr. and absol. Specif., to cast a fishing-line; to fish (a river) (Dmb. 1973). Deriv. wapper, whauper, a fisherman, an angler.
Lnk. 1880 P. M'ArthurAmusements 55: 'Mang them wha wap the line o' hair.Clc. 1882 J. WalkerPoems 63: The bonnie scarlet-spatted wappers Staw to the brooks wi' wicker-wallets.Per. 1896 D. KippenCrieff 72: The doctor had not long begun wapping.Peb. 1899 J. GrosartChronicles 193: The water is rough and rocky, with grand shelters for whaupers — good for either bait or fly.Slg. 1902 W. C. PatersonEchoes 19, 35: Owre the pools ye're wapin' for the spreckled troot . . . I had wap't the Endrick, pool an' rin.Gall. 1947 A. McCormickGalloway 76: He held it up agin the sky, put it on to his cast, wapt, and the flee kisst the water close to the far side.

(2) intr. To go forcibly, to smash one's way. Rare.
Ayr. 1889 H. JohnstonGlenbuckie 99: A sword canna pierce them [spirits], and as for yer cannon-balls, well they wud just wap through them and no do them wan bit o' hairm.

II. n. 1. A sweeping or swinging movement, a swipe, shake, toss, flap, wave (Ayr. 1930; Sh., ne.Sc. 1973); nonce transf., a flapping object; the act of brandishing or flourishing a weapon.
Abd. 1777 R. ForbesUlysses 38: He shook the blade, an' wi' a wap Set the heft to the ground.Sc. 1820 ScottAbbot xvii.: The wap of a falcon's wing.Ayr. 1822 H. AinsliePilgrimage 25: Sir William's ta'en his sword in hand . . . Three waps o't roun' his buirdly breast.Lth. 1858 Songs Edb. Angling Club 47: And thinkin' I hae hooked a fish, I gie a sudden wap, sir.Abd. 1892 Innes Rev. VII. i. 19: Those [cocks] that wouldna fight were called ‘fougie'. What waps they did gie.Fif. 1894 J. MenziesOur Town 179: There was fire in his eyes, poetry in the very “wap” of his arm.Abd. 1955 W. P. MilneEppie Elrick xxiii.: A mannie cam oot at the Castel yitt an' pat up a great muckle wap o' a flag.